your parents telling you you canât have a boypren/girlpren until you finish college
and your relatives always asking if you have a boypren/girlpren yet
parents yelling âKAIN NAAAAAâ every 5 seconds and always forcing you to eat even when youâre full and when you donât finish your food theyâre like âwag mo sinsayang pagkain ang daming humihingi ng pagkain sa kalsadaâ
all the students waiting for class suspensions when thereâs a typhoon in the philippines
playing ten-twenty or chinese garter before class starts
parents always telling you to do nursing even if you donât want to
parents are superstitious of everything so you canât put your chin on your hand because thatâs bad luck or you canât sleep with your hair wet because you will go blind
seeing a moth and adults thinking itâs a dead relative visiting them
wearing your tsinelas everywhere in the house (which are also used to kill cockroaches and flies)
going to parties and meeting a lot of titos, titas, and cousins you didnât even know existed or were related to you
some of your relatives have nicknames that have no connection to their actual names whatsoever
your whole entire family watching pacquaio fights or miss universe pageants
karaoke and kamayan at filipino parties
âputangina kang bata kaâ
your parents always telling you not to read in a car or watch the tv too close cause your eyesight will go bad
parents telling you not to point with your index finger and them using their mouths or eyes to point where something is (but like where?)
getting palo with tsinelas or belt or walis when you were younger
âsusmaryosep ang tigas ng ulo moâ
using banana ketchup instead of tomato ketchup when cooking
having religious shrines in every room of the house
parents never calling you by your name and instead yells âanak,â âine,â or simply, âHOY!!!!!â
or sometimes they just âpsssst!â
when you get sick itâs because âpalagi mong hawak yang cellphone moâ
always late to everything because filipino time (appointmentâs at 9? ok iâll leave my house at 9:30)
you still have curfew no matter how old you are
your parents taking all the toiletries from a hotel as souvenirs
also bringing rice cooker to every trip you go to
âisarado mo ang pinto lalabas ang aircon!!!â